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Presenting Change

Presenting Change

Since completing this project, I learned a lot about the importance of accurate documentation of intake and output, especially for cardiac patients. I thought a lot about different barriers and situations that nurses can run into throughout their shift that could cause inaccurate documentation of intake and output. Barriers such as people bringing drinks to patients without documenting, patients using the restroom without notifying the nurse or forgetting how much fluid a patient got when sitting down to document it. As a team we thought about…

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Proposing Change

Proposing Change

For our project, my group decided to focus on the importance of accurately documenting intake and output. Since our clinical rotation this semester was on a cardiac floor, this issue was especially prevalent due to the number of patients who were admitted because of a heart failure exacerbation and/or were being diuresed because of a fluid volume overload. We noticed that this was an issue based on the key performance indicator posted on the bulletin board in the break room…

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Culture, Stigma and Mental Illness

Culture, Stigma and Mental Illness

In my opinion, there is so much stigma surrounding mental illness because people are uneducated about mental health and the influence it has on a persons total wellness. People who stereotype mental illness as “incompetent” or that they are not “normal” are those who do not have experience with individuals who have mental health disorders. Personally, I have a cousin who has a very rare mental disorder, so I have been surrounded by mental health for the majority of my…

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